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The Solomon Islands Campaign, Guadalcanal to Rabaul Historiography and Annotated Bibliography
Book Code: GR0059
ISBN: 0-313-30059-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30059-2
168 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 1/30/1997
List Price: $85.00 (UK Sterling Price: £47.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Bibliographies of Battles and Leaders
Series Number: 20
Reviews:
  • The work contains an overview of the campaign and a general discussion of sources, both archival and published.
    —The Journal of Military History
Description: Beginning in August 1942 and continuing through the end of 1943, when the Japanese base at Rabaul was isolated and bypassed, the Solomon Islands Campaign was conducted with combined Allied forces from the Southwest Pacific and Central Pacific commands and included several major amphibious landings, a dozen naval battles, and continuous air attacks. A comprehensive bibliography on the Solomon Islands Campaign, this book includes an historiographical narrative and an annotated bibliography of over 500 entries. The historiographical section reviews the works in the bibliography section and provides appropriate cross-references, while the bibliography provides descriptive and evaluative annotations. The book provides a comprehensive survey of the literature on the Solomon Islands Campaign and also points to gaps in the literature and areas where further research is needed. Including both popular and scholarly literature, the work covers operations in all dimensions--land, water, underwater, air, and combinations of these. It also covers personnel and their experiences, memoirs, diaries, autobiographies, biographies, and oral histories as well as intelligence matters, diplomacy, logistics and supply, and cultural aspects such as journalism, fiction, film, and art. Archival, research, and library facilities and materials are also described. The book also includes an introductory historical essay, a chronology, and comprehensive indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword by Myron J. Smith, Jr.
  • Abbreviations
  • Historiographical Narrative
  • Introduction
  • Sources
  • Strategy and Tactics
  • Operations
  • Personalities
  • The Campaign in Fiction, Journalism, Film, Art, and Photography
  • Assessments
  • Annotated Bibliography
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index
LC Card Number: 96-41333
LCC Class: D767
Dewey Class: 940
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